Games at a glance

Senators 2 Penguins 1

PITTSBURGH -- Ottawa's Anton Volchenkov took a hard pass from Mike Comrie and blasted a 30-foot shot over Marc-Andre Fleury's left shoulder midway through the third period to give the Senators a lead they would not relinquish.

Volchenkov, a defenceman, scored only once in 78 games during the season and had only one previous playoff goal, four years and a day before scoring his second. He has only nine goals in 229 career regular-season games.

* Goals -- Ottawa: Spezza, Volchenkov; Pittsburgh: Staal.

* Assists -- Ottawa: Redden, Corvo, Comrie, Schaefer; Pittsburgh: Roberts, Ouellet.

* Pittsburgh has come back from a 3-1 playoff deficit before, in 1995 against Washington, but the Senators are 3-0 after they go up 3-1 in a series.

* Pittsburgh has dropped the fourth game of its last eight playoff series, this time because the Senators were able to contain NHL scoring champion Sidney Crosby, who was held without a goal for the first time in the series, and rookie Evgeni Malkin, who has yet to score.

-- Associated Press

Rangers 7 Thrashers 0

* NEW YORK -- Jaromir Jagr and Michael Nylander made Atlanta goalie Kari Lehtonen long for his safe spot on the bench. And the New York Rangers' top line needed less than a period to do it.

Lehtonen got the curious start over Johan Hedberg and then endured a thorough beating as the Rangers scored three times in the first period and cruised to victory.

* Goals -- N.Y. Rangers: Nylander (3), Malik, Callahan (2), Shanahan.

* Assists -- N.Y. Rangers: Jagr (4), Malik, Marcel Hossa, Nylander, Avery, Tyutin, Cullen, Pock, Rozsival.

* Nylander had his first playoff hat trick and Jagr had four assists for the hosts. Nylander's hat trick was the Rangers'...